Zhou Yi was surprised, "Does the aquatic environment benefit the Cave People so much? Is that confirmed?"

"I can confirm this because my element is water, and I focus primarily on the dynamics of energy and consciousness within it."

Yalong Bay answered confidently, "However, such a large difference only exists within myself. Ordinary water doesn't seem to work."

"I don't know the specific reason, and I'd ask you to verify it in the scientific field. But you can invite them to settle inside me; it would be beneficial for their life extension and allow for more accumulation of experience and knowledge."

Zhou Yi immediately contacted the Dong and had the medical department come for on-site testing.

The Cave People themselves have short lifespans, only lasting one hour from birth to natural death under natural conditions.

This makes it very convenient for verification.

After 72 hours of multi-group controlled experiments,

Medical Minister Da Vinci concluded, "Chairman, we conducted a total of 1440 sets of controls and found that, under normal circumstances, the Cave People's lifespan increases by an average of 8.12 seconds in a water environment. The percentage increase is not significant."

"But when replaced by the water circulation environment within Yalong Bay, the average lifespan increases by 127 minutes and 23.21 seconds, which is quite remarkable. This essentially triples their lifespan."

"We have filtered many conditions but cannot pinpoint the core reason. We can only determine that it relates to the micro-ecology formed by Yalong Bay's unique environment of varying temperatures, other microorganisms, Yalong Bay's own consciousness radiation, and the interaction among a large number of different life forms."

"There are too many related variables. Jue Mingzi and 703 employed the computing power of 350,000 Mechanical Lives, yet we still couldn't compute the chaotic model. This involves an extremely complex field of life, and unfortunately, our current technology cannot probe such deep areas."

Unable to quantify and datafy this result.

We can only apply it, but not theorize it.

The Dong's side narrated the marvelous experience of surviving in the water environment within Yalong Bay from the Cave People's perspective.

"Mr. Zhou, living in the water environment within Yalong Bay feels like unlocking some sealed physiological function for the Cave People."

"Returning to a suitable aquatic environment brings great comfort, allowing them to stretch out from a dehydrated state. In the past, our lifespan wasn't limited to just 60 minutes; it was shortened by external influence. The String Civilization likely performed directional editing and transformation on our original race."

"The String Civilization neutered some of our life features, suppressed parts of our tissue growth, retaining only the growth and corpse plasticity it needed, thereby artificially turning us into a transient tool life."

"Within Yalong Bay, the Cave People are gradually rediscovering and expressing the characteristics they once had, exploring growth in the process."

Zhou Yi posed a question, "For a long time, I wanted to know, in Jupiter's dehydrated environment, what do you use as a metabolic substance? In the past, without a reference, you couldn't say, but now, with the Cave People exchanging information between Earth and Jupiter, can this be confirmed?"

"It's salt, Mr. Zhou."

The Dong said, "In this regard, we are somewhat similar to the halophilic bacteria on Earth. Our Ancestral Land is also a special kind of salt crystal, but it also includes elements like calcium and phosphorus. Interestingly, this is quite close to the bones of this world's life forms."

"The lower layers of Jupiter's atmosphere, or one could say the underground region, are where the Cave People originally appeared, with an abundance of salt."

"But over there, it's almost all solid, unlike the liquid-dissolved state here on Earth."

"Furthermore, it's a special ammonia salt and sulfur salt environment over there, not Earth's sodium chloride. It combines ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, presenting a brown-yellow hue, which is one of the reasons for Jupiter's colored stripes."

Zhou Yi thought of the Salt Library on Mars.

"Similar to the salt on Mars?"

"Not the same."

The Dong said, "Mars is mainly mineral salts, primarily sodium chloride and sulfate, so the Cave People cannot remain active outside Jupiter's environment."

"After arriving on Earth, only by interbreeding with the numerous microorganisms here could we gradually adapt to the local environment."

"But Yalong Bay's experiments have proven that apart from the special salt environments, we actually have high affinity with the water environment maintained by Building Life, indicating that we may have been born or lived in similar environments in the past."

"I request the relocation of some Cave People to Yalong Bay."

"This would aid in further growth of the Cave People, gradually unraveling the physiological seals imposed by the String Civilization."

Zhou Yi agreed immediately.

After a month of testing, the Yalong Bay Cave People exhibited incredible vitality, presenting a form never seen before.

A large number of Cave People gathered in Yalong Bay's streams and waterways, with deceased bodies congealing and newborns connecting to the corpses, looking like a gray-and-white coral reef. The transparent-liquid Cave People flowed among the coral colonies.

The Dong said mysteriously, "Mr. Zhou, let me show you a little magic."

"Please watch."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Zhou Yi noticed a peculiar ray suddenly emerging from the Cave People coral reef. The ray weaved and spread back and forth within the coral reef like a lightning pattern but could not leave its material carrier, as if the light were locked.

Upon careful observation, he noticed the energy emitted by this ray was extraordinary.

Even with Zhou Yi's Light Core Body scanning it, no information could be obtained, neither the consciousness waves could be seen nor the specific intensity of its energy read.

Without the appearance of the Cave People coral reef, he wouldn't even be aware of the existence of such light rays.

Zhou Yi suddenly thought of something, his face changing slightly: "Is this a one-dimensional energy body?"

"Yes!"

The Dong from the Corridor Palace on his arm said proudly, "Through the incubation and release of Yalong Bay, we finally found our original form."

"We were born to capture one-dimensional energy bodies; this is our true ability as Cave People, to capture one-dimensional energy bodies for transmitting our information. Originally, we used one-dimensional energy bodies as sensory organs, and our bodies were a natural carrier."

"That is to say, in a natural state, we could restrain Star Dust or life forms within the String lineage. It should be us who used and captured them to serve us. But somehow, we were forcibly transformed and domesticated by the String Civilization, reversing our positions."

"To reduce risks, the String Civilization integrated us into the Transformer, becoming part of the carrier."

"..."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

The wild Cave People were actually the nemesis of Star Dust.

It's like rabbits taming eagles, mice rearing cats... through relatively complex physiological modifications and long-term domestication, truly countering the celestial order.

"So, we are able to intercept String Light, and we can also read and interfere with the information of String Light—however, previously, we were only able to read but not modify or act upon the String Light."

"But after regaining the original vitality, the Yalong Bay Cave People of this lineage are now completely different."

"They can not only capture String Light but also read and edit String Light!"

The Dong paused, "Mr. Zhou, I'm excited to report that now we can use the Yalong Bay Cave People to issue orders by rewriting String Light, to activate this gigantic construct of Jupiter under the control of the String Civilization!"

Zhou Yi was taken aback, then overjoyed.

What are we waiting for!

He immediately ordered, "In that case, let's start trying to activate Jupiter now."

"Yes!"

The Dong said, "Please wait for our good news!"

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